Learning aggression through the media: Comparing psychological and communication approaches

The Psychology of Entertainment Media: Blurring the Lines Between Entertainment and Persuasion

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 271-303

  Maier, Julia A ^a   Gentile, Douglas A ^b  

^a SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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